The knowledge that a child dies every 30 seconds due to unsafe drinking water led students at Eastern Elementary to make a difference.
Members of the student council there organized a donation drive to benefit WaterStep, a non-profit program that turns old shoes into clean drinking water.
“It feels amazing to help people,” said Kelsey Perryman. “We’re reaching across the world to help other people.”

School districts who receive utility services from LG&E/KU have banded together with the Kentucky School Board Association to intervene in the recent rate hike requests, which could benefit all utility users, a KSBA representative says.
Both Henry County and Eminence boards of education signed on to the collaborative effort after KSBA requested financial support from the 84 school systems that would be affected by the utility rate hike.

The public can help New Castle Elementary and Eminence schools win thousands of dollars in prizes to support educational programs by voting in the Follett Challenge’s People’s Choice Award.
Educators in Eminence would put their winnings toward stocking the new library planned in an upcoming expansion project, while New Castle would use the award to enhance their library’s non-fiction offerings.

The hallways of Eminence Independent Schools were recently crawling with state-level educators from across the country for a site visit of an innovative Kentucky school district.
They popped their heads in doorways to listen in on lessons and the more curious ventured into classrooms to sit and talk with students.
Anita Bernhardt of the Department of Education in Maine was delighted by her conversation with second-grader Angelica Rangle.